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Jennifer Palmer
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Arctic archaeologists find ship lost in search for Franklin expedition
Jennifer Palmer
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Arctic archaeologists find ship lost in search for Franklin expedition
Published Wednesday July 28th, 2010
Bob Weber, The Canadian Press
Arctic archaeologists have found the ship that forged the final link in the Northwest Passage and was lost in the search for the Franklin expedition.The HMS Investigator, abandoned in the ice in 1853, is in shallow water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's Western Arctic.
The HMS Investigator, abandoned in the ice in 1853, is in shallow water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's Western Arctic.
"The ship is standing upright in very good condition," Marc-Andre Bernier, Parks Canada's head of underwater archaeology, said Wednesday. "It's standing in about 11 metres of water.
"This is definitely of the utmost importance. This is the ship that sailed the last leg of the Northwest Passage."
On shore, not far from the wreck, are what scientists believe are the graves of three British sailors.
Read the rest of the article here.
Published Wednesday July 28th, 2010
Bob Weber, The Canadian Press
Arctic archaeologists have found the ship that forged the final link in the Northwest Passage and was lost in the search for the Franklin expedition.The HMS Investigator, abandoned in the ice in 1853, is in shallow water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's Western Arctic.
The HMS Investigator, abandoned in the ice in 1853, is in shallow water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's Western Arctic.
"The ship is standing upright in very good condition," Marc-Andre Bernier, Parks Canada's head of underwater archaeology, said Wednesday. "It's standing in about 11 metres of water.
"This is definitely of the utmost importance. This is the ship that sailed the last leg of the Northwest Passage."
On shore, not far from the wreck, are what scientists believe are the graves of three British sailors.
Read the rest of the article here.
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